ENG: Shepherd blowing in his alphorn (or alpenhorn or alpine horn). In the Maramures horns are either made of wood and called buciumul or of metal and called trambita (trombita in Ukraine): they are long instruments of one and a half to two meters. These instruments are used traditionally by shepherds to gather their herd and to play music. It is also played at the burial of a young man or, of course, a shepherd. Maramures, Romania.

Shot Notes

ENG: Shepherd blowing in his alphorn (or alpenhorn or alpine horn). In the Maramures horns are either made of wood and called buciumul or of metal and called trambita (trombita in Ukraine): they are long instruments of one and a half to two meters. These instruments are used traditionally by shepherds to gather their herd and to play music. It is also played at the burial of a young man or, of course, a shepherd. Maramures, Romania.